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===Byron Township (1836β1848)=== The boundaries of Township 5 North, Range 12 West and Township 6 North, Range 12 West, surveyed by Lyon, were consolidated and designated to be organized as Byron Township in 1835 by the [[Michigan Territorial Legislature]].{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=30-31}} In late 1835, the first wedding occurred between Sylvester Hills and Harriet Burton.<ref name="cc1881" /> The town was first organized as Byron Township on May 2, 1836, was called "Oakesville" as it was headquartered at the home of Charles H. Oakes, though when Oakes moved to the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]], the name was changed to [[Grandville, Michigan|Grandville]].<ref name="cc1881"/>{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=32}} It was this year that one of Wyoming's most notable pioneers, Justus Charles Rogers, established his homestead on what is now the southwest corner of [[M-11 (Michigan highway)|28th Street]] and Clyde Park Avenue.<ref name="CVDS10-12">{{cite book |last1=Vaughn |first1=Charles |last2=Simon |first2=Dorothy |title=The City of Wyoming: A History |date=1984 |publisher=Four Corners Press |location=Franklin, Michigan |pages=10β12}}</ref> A framed house was constructed by Rogers in the spring of 1836 and was expected to accept his wife upon their return, though the home was discovered destroyed by a tornado in September 1836 when they returned.<ref name="Deagle">{{cite book |title=History and Directory of Kent County, Michigan: Containing a History of Each Township, and the City of Grand Rapids |date=1870 |publisher=Daily Eagle Steam Printing House |pages=107β113}}</ref>{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=33}} The following year in 1837, the launch of the [[Barge|pole boat]] propelled by a [[Quant pole|quant]], the ''Cinderella'', was celebrated as a major development for the town.<ref name="cc1881"/> The first floor of what would become Rogers Mansion was then constructed in 1837, with the second floor being finished in 1839.<ref name="CVDS10-12"/>{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=33}} For three weeks, settlers had to live without flour and late in the year, the first metal casting occurred at the Jame McCray foundry.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=33}} In 1839, the township's final land patents south of the Grand River were issued for plots near the salt springs adjacent to the Norton Mounds and Section 16.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=35}} Plaster Creek first powered plaster operations in the township in 1841 on land leased by Daniel Ball from De Garmo Jones.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=37}}{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}} In May 1843, Gordon died in [[Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan|Plainfield Township, Michigan]].{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}}
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